Neighbours were left baffled after a 'six-foot' deep hole formed in their street during the heatwave. The gap on the road surface on Mapletree Close, Bestwood, was first spotted in the early hours of July 11.
Pictures posted to social media showed a hole in the street's tarmac, which is said to lead to a hollow cavity, referred to as cave-like by some residents. Locals thought the recent heatwave could have caused the collapse of the road, which has now been temporarily covered.
Gordon Hextall, 66, who lives on Mapletree Close and works in the NHS, claimed the hole was at least three-foot deep. "It is about a three-foot drop, pretty hollow. If a wheelchair had gone over it it would have fell in and tilted in," Mr Hextall said.
